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"I told you from before the fight, I said they're going to rob me. I said I'm going to beat him, the fans are going to judge it, and they're going to rob me and that's exactly what happened man," Mundine told Channel Nine.

"They robbed me. You all seen it. A fighter knows when he's in control. A fighter knows when he's dictating the fight and winning the fight. I saw in his eyes he knew he lost. That just hurts man. That blatancy, it hurts for me."

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When questioned whether the margin — two judges effectively gave Geale the decision by nine rounds to three, with another giving it to Geale by eight to four — was unfair, Mundine claimed the fight should have been scored the other way around.

"It's not just the margin. I beat the man by four or five rounds. I was more crisp, I was landing ... the power shots, I was hurting him," he said.

Down and out of there ... An unusually silent Anthony Mundine leaves the ring after his defeat. Photo: Brendan Esposito

"You know, he got me with a couple of shots, he didn't hurt me but stunned me a little bit [with] a couple of shots, but that was it. I probably hit him with about, over a dozen [power punches]. You know what I'm saying? I hurt him."

As he did in the pre-fight press conference, Mundine again alluded to conspiratorial elements, with Geale represented by influential US-based boxing promoter Gary Shaw.

"I don't know man. Bernard Hopkins said it, you know. He's got the power in his corner — all the variables and the vulnerables were against me. I knew I had to knock him out. But I thought I was dominant enough to win the fight, you know what I'm saying? That's why I was so upbeat after the fight. And when they made their decision man — they took their time in making it — I was like, man."

@judyjaz I beat him he know it I know it fullstop ! They wanna make more $ off the cash cow ! Ima think bout that one

They robbed me. You all seen it. A fighter knows when he's in control. A fighter knows when he's dictating the fight and winning the fight.

Mundine did not back down from his stance on Twitter overnight, continuing his tirade against Geale's connections.

"I beat him he know it I know it fullstop! They wanna make more $ off the cash cow," he wrote. "Hate seriously blinds people! I dictated last night caught him with more shots & power shots! Told yu this would happen if didnt KO him!"